Table 2.

Number of deaths during the Korean War

Year	No. of deaths (%)
	Total	Killed in action	Died on duty	Due to diseases
1950
Serviceperson	1,481 (85.8)	1,377 (79.8)	42 (2.4)	62 (3.6)
Non-soldier	245 (14.2)	198 (11.5)	44 (2.5)	3 (0.2)
Subtotal	1,726 (100)	1,575 (91.3)	86 (4.9)	65 (3.8)
1951
Serviceperson	3,250 (88.3)	1,787 (48.6)	170 (4.6)	1,293 (35.1)
Non-soldier	431 (11.7)	225 (6.1)	86 (2.3)	120 (3.3)
Subtotal	3,681 (100)	2012 (54.7)	256 (6.9)	1,413 (38.4)
1952
Serviceperson	2,487 (89.9)	1,019 (36.8)	133 (4.8)	1,335 (48.2)
Non-soldier	284 (10.2)	87 (3.1)	21 (0.8)	176 (6.4)
Subtotal	2,771 (100)	1,106 (39.9)	154 (5.6)	1,511 (54.5)
1953
Serviceperson	2,923 (87.0)	1,009 (30.0)	141 (4.2)	1,773 (52.8)
Non-soldier	436 (13.0)	42 (1.3)	14 (0.4)	380 (11.3)
Subtotal	3,359 (100)	1,051 (31.3)	155 (4.6)	2,153 (64.1)
Total
Serviceperson	10,141 (87.9)	5,192 (45.0)	486 (4.2)	4,463 (38.7)
Non-soldier	1,396 (12.1)	552 (4.8)	165 (1.4)	679 (5.9)
Subtotal	11,537 (100)	5,744 (49.8)	651 (5.6)	5,142 (44.6)